Understanding the underlying factors of Internet addiction across cultures: A comparison study
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- 作者：Leida Chena ; lchen24@calpoly.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Ravi Nathb ; rnath@creighton.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author
- 关键词：Cross-cultural study ; E-commerce ; Factor analysis ; Internet addiction ; Psychometric constructs ; Technology addiction
- 刊名：Electronic Commerce Research and Applications
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：May-June 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：17
- 期：Complete
- 页码：38-48
- 全文大小：1194 K
文摘
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This study found that the underlying factors of Internet addition and their importance differ across cultures.
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The varying factors of Internet addiction across cultures have important implications to the diagnosis and treatment of Internet addiction.
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Internet addiction was found to be prevalent globally among young Internet users.
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E-commerce businesses have the ethical and legal responsibilities to help reduce Internet addiction.
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This study will allow future research projects to integrate Internet addiction to study user behaviors in the e-commerce context effectively.